Monday, April 22, 2024

Earth as altar (Sr. Joan Chittister / Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer)

Not to save the whole of creation
shrinks our spiritual vision and 
separates us from the wholeness of life.

 --Sr. Joan Chittister 

I want to worship
at the shrine of everywhere,
want to know every inch
of this earth as an altar—
every walk, a pilgrimage.
Every step, a step
from holy to holy
to holy. 

--Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Sacred Ground


May we, on this Earth Day 2024,
begin to pay more attention to our planet 
and its needs as a site of holiness and wholeness!

Image source: Paul Baliker, A Matter of Time (2013), which the sculptor considers “a call to action.” For close-ups of this remarkable piece, visit: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385560/Paul-Balikers-vast-sculpture-A-Matter-Of-Time-carved-entirely-DRIFTWOOD.html
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